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From One Mom to Another
Communicate to
Prevent Drownings
Prevent Drownings
By Ana Maria Camargo
I jumped in, pulled her out and gave her to my husband, an emergency physician, who immediately started cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). She was not breathing, had no pulse, and her face was blue. To my absolute horror, she was dead. Three doctors rushed toward my husband and baby and started pulling at her saying they were doctors – only one of whom actually knew CPR, and he knew adult CPR. Although they had good intentions, this meant my husband had to actively remove their hands from Alexandra and ignore their instructions while he methodically performed child CPR. Eventually, she started breathing and threw up plenty of pool water. She was groggy as we rushed her in the hotel's truck to a nearby hospital. The exam and x-rays showed she was fine and, miraculously, within an hour of the drowning, she was acting completely normal.
Our story, as it turns out, is not uncommon. More than 600 preschoolers drown every year, and thousands more are hospitalized due to near-drownings. At the resort where we were staying three families told us remarkably similar stories. Since we've returned home we have heard several other similar stories. In every case, two responsible adults were taking care of a child younger than 5, and each adult thought that the child was with the other. In most cases, the incident occurred on the first day of a vacation (presumably when the exact rules of shared supervision had not been worked out yet), and, in many cases, the child died because there was no one around who truly knew how to perform CPR.
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